Cryptocephalini Explained

The Cryptocephalini are a tribe within the leaf beetle subfamily Cryptocephalinae.^[1] As the other Cryptocephalinae, they belong to the group of case-bearing leaf beetles known as Camptosomata.^[2] Some species are myrmecophilous.^[3]

Selected genera

• Aporocera Saunders, 1842
• Bassareus Haldeman, 1849
• Cadmus Erichson, 1842
• Cryptocephalus Chapuis, 1875
• Diachus J.L.LeConte, 1880
• Griburius Haldeman, 1849
• Lexiphanes Gistel, 1836
• Pachybrachis Chevrolat, 1836
• Triachus J.L.LeConte, 1880^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tribe Cryptocephalini Gyllenhal 1813 (leaf beetle) . Fossilworks .
2. Book: Morphology and Systematics: Phytophaga . Handbook of Zoology . Richard A.B. Leschen . Rolf G. Beutel . Walter de Gruyter . 2014 . 9783110274462 . Berlin . 231.
3. Agrain F.A., M. Buffington, C.S. Chaboo, M.L. Chamorro, & M.E. Schöller. 2015. Leaf beetles are ant-nest beetles: the curious life histories of the juvenile stages of case-bearers (Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae). ZooKeys 547: 133–164.
4. Web site: Cryptocephalinae of the World . camptosomata.myspecies.info .